Muhammad Ali’s phantom punch has us scratching our heads 50 years on

Few people, even those at ringside, saw the fighter’s legendary punch that knocked out Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965, but it changed boxing history in what was a momentous year of horrors mingled with wondersIf you happened to be a young person in 1965 it was hard to know where to look next as the frivolity of sport and song jostled with events profound enough to reshape the world. The year had barely begun when Malcolm X was assassinated while preparing to address a meeting in New York. The Be